Looks like Claria wants to enter the Memetracker (or customized home page) market by shipping a browser based toolbar.
Claria said it would announce Monday the release of PersonalWeb, a service that will let people download a piece of tracking software and receive a home page filled with news stories and other information tailored to their interests.
This is more similar to the implicit tuning present in Findory but uses a browser based agent to provide the tuning. Of course marketers will love this but will people flock to install a product developed by a spyware company?
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‘myware’ but without the ‘my’?
I have to agree with Steve Gillmor on this:
“All proprietary clouds of data obtained without the users’…
‘myware’ but without the ‘my’?
I have to agree with Steve Gillmor on this:
“All proprietary clouds of data obtained without the users’…